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Michael Franklin, CTV Calgary
Published Tuesday, March 31, 2015 5:16AM MDT
Millions of dollars collected every year to help improve day care accessibility aren’t going to where they would help the issue, CTV Calgary has learned.
Every year, the...

BY KAREN KLEISS, EDMONTON JOURNAL MARCH 30, 2015
EDMONTON - The provincial government has axed a $6-million program that provided home repair grants for thousands of seniors, and replaced it with a deferred home equity loan program that could benefit...

Cuts to public services will impact on all Albertans
The Alberta Government’s 2015-16 budget was released today and brought in some modest changes to our revenue system that will increase the tax load on average Albertans without touching the huge tax...

CBC News: Mar 25, 2015
An Edmonton family is speaking out about a local care facility, even though they say that's what got them into trouble in the first place.
The family said Rebecca Ali was evicted from her care facility after her sister publicly...

AHS accepts eviction and banning without due process
A woman was evicted from the care centre she has been living in for five years and transferred to hospital without the family’s prior knowledge or consent because a family member was publicly...

Government not listening to Albertans' priorities in its own survey
The results of the Alberta government’s survey clearly shows that the majority of Albertans do not want the government to cut public services and instead are calling for a progressive...

Huge corporate profits raise questions about privatization of seniors care
Public Interest Alberta has released documents obtained through a freedom of information request that raise a number of serious issues and questions about the Conservative...

An advocacy group has accused the Tories of disguising a pre-election promise in a government announcement of new health-care beds for seniors.
Alberta Health Minister Stephen Mandel last week announced 311 “restorative care” beds, which would offer...